Toy.



H. J. MITCHELL.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21. 1913 Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co WAsmNn'rON. D. c.

UNTTED @TATES PATENT @FFTQE.

HARRY J. MITCHELL, or wILiannmNe, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY;

Application filed October 27, 1913.

To all "IUZIOH'L it may concern lie it known that I, HARRY J. BIrrcr-rnnn, a citizen of the United Stat-es, residing at iVilmerding, inthe county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the followin is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved toy, and the principal object ofthe invention is to provide a toy which will afford amusement and whichcan be used as an advertising novelty.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a. toy of thecharacter described in which there is provided a pivotally-mountedfigure and spring-controlled means for causing the figure to be knockedfrom a standing to a sitting position.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a figure which will beyieldably held in a standing position and to also provide a signal whichwill be operated when the figure is knocked down.

This invention is illustrated in the ac companying drawings wherein-Figure l is an elevation of the improved toy with one end portion of thebarrel shown in section; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective viewshowing the manner of mounting the figure; and Fig. 8 is an elevation ofthe plate through which the head of the figure projects when the figureis 1n a standing position.

This toy comprises a barrel 10 which has a plate 11 secured to its innerend by means of rivets 12 which pass through the neck 13 of the plate.It is, of course, obvious that this plate can be secured to the barrelby any other suitable means, it simply being desired to rigidl connectthe plate with the barrel. A. plate 14: which is provided with anopening 15 is rigidly mounted upon the base plate 11 with its securinglug 16 pass ing through an opening formed in the base plate. Pivot ears17 are carried by the base plate to the rear of the plate 14; so that across bar 18 which is provided with sleeves 19 may be pivotally mountedupon the pin 20 which is carried by the pivot ears 17. A spiral spring21 is mounted upon the pin 20 between the sleeves 19 and has one endportion 22 engaging the base plate 11 and its other end portion engagingthe plate 18. It will thus be seen that the figure which is carried bythe plate 18 will be normally Specification of Letters Patent.

-01 the plunger.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Serial No. 797,438.

held in a standing position. A signal, such as a bell 25, is mountedupon the base plate to the rear of the figure and it will thus be seenthat when the figure is knocked down, the bell will be rung. The figure24 is formed as shown in Fig. 1 so that when standing, the head of thefigure will extend through the opening 15 in the plate 14. This figureis intended to represent a man standing behind a wall having an openingformed therein after the manner in which the negro stands in the gameHit the coon. A plunger 26 is slidably mounted in the barrel 10 and isprovided at its outer end with a head 2'? and its inner end with a pin28 which forms an abutment for one end of a spring 29 coiled abouttheinner end portion This spring 29 engages the inner end of the barreland it will thus be seen that when the plunger is pulled outwardly asshown in Fig. 1 and then released, the spring will cause the plunger tomove toward the plate l-l so that its inner end will strike the head ofthe figure and drive this figure from a standing position to theposition indicated in dotted lines. This will cause the bell to ring andthe spring 21 will then return the figure to the standing position.

What is claimed is:

1. A toy of the character described com prising a barrel, and base platecarried by said barrel, an tip-standing perforated plate carried by saidbase plate and having its opening formed in alinement with said barrel,.a figure pivotally connected with said base plate, means for yieldablyholding said figure in a standing position with its head extendingthrough the opening of said per forated plate, a signal carried by saidbase plate and operated by said figure being moved to a sittingposition, and means carried by said barrel for striking the head of saidfigure to drive said figure to a sitting position.

2. A toy of the character described comprising a barrel, a base platecarried by said barrel, a perforated tip-standing plate carried by saidbase plate, pivot ears carried by said base plate to the rear of saidup-standing plate, a pivot pin carried by said pivot ears and a crossbar pivotally connected with said pivot pin, a spring mounted upon saidpivot pin and having one end portion engaging said base plate and itsother end portion engaging said cross bar for yieldably holding saidcross bar in a normal position, a figure carried by said cross bar withits head extending through the opening of said upstanding plate whensaid cross bar is in a normal position, a signal carried by said baseplate to the rear of said figure, and means carried by said barrel" forstriking said figure to knock the same out of a normal position and intoengagement with said signal to operate the same. I

3. A toy of the character described comprising a base plate, aperforated upstanding plate carried by said base plate, a figurepivotally connected with said base plate, means for yieldably holdingsaid figure in a normal position with its head extending through theopening of said upstanding plate, a barrel carried by said base plate inalinement with the opening of said Lip-standing plate, a plungerslidably mounted in said barrel, an abutment carried by the inner endportion of said plunger, a spring carried by said plunger between saidabutment and the inner end of said barrel, and'means for drawing saidplunger through said barrel against the tension of its spring wherebywhen said plunger is released, the spring will cause its inner end to bethrown into engagement with the head of said figure. I I

4. A toy of the character described comprising a base plate, perforatedplate carried by said base plate, a signal carried by said base plate, afigure pivotally connected with said base plate, means for. yieldablyholding said figure in an upright position with its upper end portionextending forwardly through the perforation of said perforated plate,and means for striking said figure from an upright position to a seatedposition in contact with said signal.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY J. MITCHELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

'Washington, D. C. I

